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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 27 - 33).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna tell Vivian is the difference between making a dress and making a costume?
(a) Dresses are elegant, but costumes are utilitarian.
(b) Dresses are soft, but costumes are softer.
(c) Dresses are sewn, but costumes are built.
(d) Dresses are easier than costumes to hide a body's flaws in.

2. What does Peg apologize to Vivian for in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Not being the one to have gone with her to talk to Walter Winchell.
(b) Having invited her to New York in the first place.
(c) Having believed her when she said she wanted to live at The Lily.
(d) Having let Vivian drink so much.

3. What does Frank ask Vivian to do for his daughter Angela?
(a) Make her wedding dress.
(b) Act as a second mother to Angela.
(c) Write a poem for Angela.
(d) Read at her wedding.

4. Who is the schoolgirl shop assistant who always helps Vivian out finding good materials at the garment shop?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Mary.
(d) Madeline.

5. In Chapter Seven, what does Celia send Vivian out of the hotel room to get in order to save her from being involved in a sexual assault?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) More drinks.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Vivian return to New York City with Peg?

2. What does Billy spend an enormous sum of money on for the dancers and stars of City of Girls right before the show opens?

3. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Brooks Atkinson's review of City of Girls say is the great pleasure in the play?

4. What is Celia Ray's birth name?

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, who does Peg say will never leave her?

(see the answer key)

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